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AMERICAN BUSINESS MEDIA WELCOMES 14 NEW MEMBERS
Membership tops 300 with 61 added this year

Scottsdale, AZ, May 8, 2006 -- American Business Media’s membership tops 300 companies as the ABM board of directors approves 14 additional members during its centennial year Spring Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ.

“Not only does this take us to an important milestone as we celebrate our centennial,” said Gordon T. Hughes II, president and CEO of American Business Media, “but it speaks to the shift in the foundation of today’s business information companies. We are welcoming and serving companies offering a broad reach of information platforms and those with cutting edge technological foundations.”

New Media Membership
Chiropractic Economics
HighBeam Research
Instore Magazine
Key Communications
PaperClip Communications, Inc
Priority Magazine/Pitney Bowes

New Associate Members
Alta Communications
CIBC World Markets Corp.
EBITDA Media LLC
HSR Business-to-Business Inc.
Kable Fulfillment Services
NXTBook Media
Niall Kavanagh Communications

New Sister Association
Newsletter Electronic Publishing Association

About American Business Media:
Founded in 1906, American Business Media is the industry association for b-to-b information providers. Its 300 member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 5000 print and online titles and 1000 Trade Shows and well over $20 billion in annual revenues.

Contact:
Steve Ennen, Director of Communications
American Business Media
T 212.661.6360 x3331
info@abmmail.com